"Enrollment Shortfalls Spread to More Colleges." A few of you have noted that I seem pretty "pro-college." I'm not pro- or anti-college. College is good for guys who have the skills and inclination to succeed, and who go to relatively inexpensive state schools and major in real subjects like computer science, engineering, economics, etc.
College is terrible for unmotivated, low-IQ guys who go because their parents told them to, or because it's what you're supposed to do after high school. Colleges are fleecing those kids and their families and they (the colleges) just don't give a f**k to stop. They should be ashamed of themselves but that's like saying the guys selling tobacco should be ashamed of themselves... shame rarely beats the profit motive.
Date-onomics (yesterday's post, you should read it) points out that most non-engineering schools also have more women in them than men. If you are an 18-22 year old guy who wants to get laid, being in college is much better than not being in college, all else being equal.
Most expensive private schools are overpriced and will saddle you with too much debt. Most people who go to schools like Ithaca and Bucknell (named in the article) are just stupid and wasting their money. "Bucknell, where the full cost of attendance is nearly $70,000 a year, had a discount rate of about 31 percent and underspent its financial-aid budget by about $1.2 million." 69 percent of $70 grant is still $48,000, or two to three times as much as a guy with a brain should be spending.
There is an anti-college brigade in the Red Pill world... many of their points are accurate, as college can leave you deeply in debt with nothing to show for it. College can also be an awesome, life-affirming experience. It really depends on you. Lots of guys are going to college who have no business being there, because they lack the cognitive abilities and the work ethic to make it make sense. But lots of guys should be in college because the college wage premium is real and most people are not self-taught prodigies who will make it on their own without college.
Too many guys appear to spend college doing the minimum necessary to get by and spending all their free time playing video games and watching TV or porn. For them, they might as well not go. Some guys appear to spend college developing themselves and their skills and their ability to meet with and bond with and interact with other people. For them, college is great.